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19 Opposition parties to boycott inaugural ceremony
Updated On: 25 May, 2023 08:16 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Decision comes amid war of words as the opposition has been demanding that the president inaugurate the new building and not the prime minister
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(Centre) Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur and Union Minister for Culture G. Kishan Reddy during a press conference with an image of the new parliament in the background on Wednesday, in New Delhi. Pic/PTI
In a show of unity, 19 opposition parties, including the Congress, Left and TMC, on Wednesday announced their decision to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying they find no value in a new building when the soul of democracy has been sucked out.
Noting that the inauguration of the Parliament building is a momentous occasion, the opposition parties in a joint statement said, “Despite our belief that the government is threatening democracy, and our disapproval of the autocratic manner in which the new Parliament was built, we were open to sinking our differences and marking this occasion”.
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